nexus-service

Docker container running a Nexus service (Maven repository)

Building and running the service

To build the image:

make

To test the service:

make check

To expose the service to the host:

docker run -d -p 8081:8081 snaekobbi/nexus-service

To expose the service to another container:

docker run -d -e 8081 --name nexus snaekobbi/nexus-service
docker run --link nexus:nexus <some-other-image>

Using the service

For deploying to the repository, add the following to your distributionManagement section:

<snapshotRepository>
  <id>daisy-nexus-snapshots</id>
  <name>DAISY Nexus Snapshots</name>
  <url>http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
</snapshotRepository>

and add the following to your servers section in ~/.m2/settings.xml:

<server>
  <id>daisy-nexus-snapshots</id>
  <username>deployment</username>
  <password>deployment123</password>
</server>

For downloading from the repository, add the following to your repositories section:

<repository>
  <id>daisy-nexus-snapshots</id>
  <name>DAISY Nexus Snapshots</name>
  <url>http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
  <releases>
    <enabled>false</enabled>
  </releases>
  <snapshots>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
  </snapshots>
</repository>

Nexus can be configured through the web interface: http://localhost:8081/nexus. The login is admin and the password is admin123.